Barry McGuire - The Best Of Barry McGuire (2009)

Barry McGuire scored his first hit single in 1963, when as a member of the New Christy Minstrels he co-wrote and sang "Green, Green," which rose to the top of the sales charts. While the Minstrels' polished and family-friendly version of folk music was popular in 1963, it wasn't long before the tone of folk changed, and McGuire changed with it; he left the Minstrels to become a solo artist, signed with Dunhill Records, and in 1965 he recorded a protest song written by P.F. Sloan called "Eve of Destruction," which was a perfect match for McGuire's gruff but melodic singing style. "Eve of Destruction" became another chart-topping hit that defined his career until he dropped out of mainstream music by the end of the '60s, only to re-emerge in the early '70s as a Contemporary Christian artist. The Best of Barry McGuire is a 14-song collection drawn from McGuire's Dunhill catalog, including "Eve of Destruction," other numbers written by P.F. Sloan (including "Child of our Times" and "The Sins of a Family"), and a number of Bob Dylan covers ("It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," "She Belongs to Me," "Masters of War") along with other songs from the singer's '60s heyday.